15 Fun Ways to Improve Fine Motor Skills

Developing fine motor skills is so important to children's ability to hold the pencil to write (and for cutting). Here are some of the ways to develop this. Certainly, there are many more ways but use these as starting blocks and ideas.

1

Beading. 

The younger the child, the larger the beads.

2

Colouring with crayons

3

Connecting

 4

Counters

5

Cutting with scissors

6

Cutting wooden play food

7

Glueing

8

Mosaics (picking up the pieces)

9

Painting

10

Peeling stickers

11

Pegs and pegboards

12

Playdough

13

Threading

14

Wooden blocks

15

Wooden puzzles (with pegs)

If you need to buy your own, here are a few you could try.